Election day 'surprises': voting machines down and polling centers evacuated in swing states

Tensions are running high on election day as some strange anomalies, setbacks and malfunctions have been spotted in crucial US battleground states.

🔸A netizen named Dave Luceiw tweeted that voting machines were down at Cambria County in western Pennsylvania. This concern was echoed by a user named Amy: "I'm in a deep red part of swing state Pennsylvania and all the voting machines are broken." CNN reported that a Cambria County official said the malfunction was caused by a printing error, insisting that new ballots were on their way to polling places.

🔸In Pennsylvania's Martinsburg, Blair County, election officials told voters at a polling station that the voting area has the wrong tabulators and the wrong ballots, according to US conservative commentator Pamela Geller. "They had four years to get it right," tweeted Geller.

🔸Netizens also share reports that voting tabulator machines in Michigan were indicating errors with many being down.

🔸In another battleground state, Arizona, some voting machines were down in Apache County.

🔸US conservative commentators expressed skepticism over Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's claim that two polling stations were evacuated for 30 minutes because of bomb threats allegedly coming from… Russia.

"Yesterday I predicted the Left would use extreme measures to scare voters out of polling centers," tweeted Rogan O'Handley, aka DC Draino, an American political commentator and social media influencer. "Raffensperger is trying to blame Russia because he is a lying RINO coward… Georgia, go vote!"

🔸A polling location in Northville, Michigan, was shut down in an emergency due to an apparent gas leak. Rasmussen Reports study showed earlier this year that over 60% of likely American voters fear the 2024 election could be impacted by cheating, especially in battleground states.

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Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump stated that he expects a "big victory" in the ongoing elections in the United States.

"We're going to have a big victory tonight," he said in a video message posted on the social network Truth Social.

Trump urged all Republican supporters to continue voting, remain in line, and not leave polling stations until they have cast their ballots.

He also claimed there was widespread fraud in the presidential election in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Meanwhile, polling data aggregator Real Clear Politics reported that Donald Trump is currently leading in five battleground states, while his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, has more support in Wisconsin and Michigan.

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